AI Breakdown

The AI Your Team Is Already Using: Shadow AI, Payroll, and Trust with Naomi

Episode Notes

๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ˆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐๐ž๐š ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐Ÿ‘€

Not because theyโ€™re careless. Because itโ€™s faster, and nobody ever told them where the line is.

Today on the ๐’๐Œ๐ ๐€๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, Kree and Varun sit down in studio with ๐๐š๐จ๐ฆ๐ข ๐‹๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ž, Chief Product Owner and VP of Product Management at ADP, where she leads Next Gen Payroll and the ADP Assist AI platform. The topic: the AI your team is already using, and the high stakes version of it, what happens when AI gets near your payroll and your peopleโ€™s data.

The numbers behind shadow AI: ๐Ÿ“Š

๐Ÿ“Š ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ•% of employees now use AI at work, while only ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–% of organisations have a formal policy

๐Ÿ“Š ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ—% admit using AI their employer never approved, most on free tools with no data protection

๐Ÿ“Š Shadow AI adds roughly $๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ to the average data breach, per IBM

Naomiโ€™s throughline is one every owner needs: banning these tools doesnโ€™t work, because people just hide them better. The smart middle is approved tools plus clear guidance, so your team gets the productivity somewhere you can actually see and protect.

And where money and the law are involved, one rule holds. AI can draft, but a named human still has to decide. Anywhere AI touches pay, tax, or personal data, keep a person as the final sign off, and ask any vendor exactly where your data goes.

This week, ask your team one question with zero blame: what AI tools are you using, and for what? Youโ€™re not running an investigation. Youโ€™re turning on the lights. ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

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